noun, takes する, transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. interspersion, dotting (e.g. the countryside), studding.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
点綴 てんてい
点綴 てんてつ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

spot, point, mark
テン つ.ける とも.す (2nd, N3)
fortune-telling, divining, forecasting
うらな.う セン し.める (7th, N2)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
compose, spell, write
つづ.る つづり と.じる (Kentei Pre-1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
concatenate, compose, covered in a gauze like net
テイ テツ テチ
pair, set, comparison
ソウ ふた たぐい (8th, N2)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)